A punishing heat dome continues to intensify over the northeastern United States, scores of record-high temperatures were matched or broken Wednesday, including in Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Caribou, near Maine’s northern tip. This long-lasting heat wave will continue to scorch the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic into the weekend, reported the Washington Post.
About 75 million people from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast live in a location under an excessive heat warning or heat advisory. A weeks-long deadly heatwave had killed at least 48 people in Mexico.
According to the BBC, Delhi has been reeling under a prolonged heatwave, with daily temperatures crossing 40°C since May, peaking at nearly 50°C. Media reports suggested at least 20 fatalities in the last 24 hours due to heat-related illnesses. More than 50 deaths happened in just three days in early June.
Latest reports say some 900 people died in Saudi Arabia, where temperatures reached 51 degrees at the Grand Mosque in Mecca this week where more than a million people traveled to the country for the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage.
Europe is currently facing extreme weather events, with heatwaves in Turkey and Hungary and severe storms in Germany.
At least five tourists, including UK TV doctor and journalist Michael Mosley, have died in Greece over the last few weeks.
A missing American tourist was found dead on the beach on a small island west of Corfu on Sunday, according to local media reports. The remains of a Dutch tourist were found on the eastern Greek island of Samos on Saturday.
In Turkey, an intense heatwave continues to grip the nation. Temperatures in the southern and western regions have consistently exceeded 40°C since the beginning of summer, far above the seasonal norms.